The Hemingway App

Ernest Hemingway

Dare I admit I've never read any Hemingway? Put down the pitchforks and rotten tomatoes. Sheesh. He's in my TBR pile so quit your mocking. The thing is that I don't need to have sections of Hemingway's prose memorized to recognize the man's a great writer. Today's authors can learn from authors of the past. . . and have I found a spectacular site that does just this!

The Hemingway App is a writer's playground. You simply copy in a section of your own writing, hit edit, and voila! The magical writing fairies sprinkle sparkly literary dust all over your words, telling you exactly what you should fix. It highlights:

• Sentences that are hard to read
• Sentences that are VERY hard to read
• Adverbs
• Words or phrases that can be simpler
• Uses of passive voice
• Readability (think grade level)

Not only is this handy dandy for novel writers, but for bloggers or communicators of any kind of written word. Toodle on over there and slap in a paragraph or two of your own writing. Tons o' writerly fun!